Daily Republican., 1887-09-10

me out. | heard the door bolted and
the hubbub renewed with greater
| fierceness than before.
| walked around the corner and
stood moment looking at the ruddy
windows, wondering what the mean
| ing was of such reception. Even if
1 had stumbled into private gather
| ing, which seemed possible, the desire
for a cool glass of beer is not looked on
by the average Englishman as putting
person beyond the pale of civil treat
ment. 1t is a yearning they generally |,
appreciate and sympatnize with.
AS l stood there meditating on the
| circumstances side door opened and
u woman's head appeared. Lookingl
furtively up and down the street she
whispered when she saw me:
Cut ior it! Don't stand there, but
rum"
"Why?" 1 asked, 'what have
done?"
They think you are an informer.
Rum"
| .'pll go back and show them Pm
not an intormer- What should | in
form about?"
"Oh, don't stand there, but go.
They've too much drink in them to
listen TO you. Cut for 1t or there IL be
murder"
With this the door was closed as
softly as 1t opened, and thinking that
perhaps the woman knew better than
what sort of companions she had, l
scut for it,"
Before / got around the corner l
I xxl q - nd
ing the cutting for it they followed,
but not with as much haste as they
would have done, l thought, II they
wanted to catch me. Nevertheless,
before l had turned the next corner
they were at the first turning, and as
they came into the light Of the corner
lamp | noticed that each had stout
stick in his hand. l ran down the
i next street and in very few moments
saw why they did not hurry. was
in trap. Up in the darkness before
II me loomed the huge brick viaduct of a
= railway that ran above the housetops
4 Against this ended the street, and there
+ was no way out except the road by
If which came.
a Just as the position Of affairs dawned
q on me my three pursuers appeared a.
- the other enG of the street. There
= was lamp about half way down the
street and | reached it q little before
!. they did.
;. swell" said, dejectedly, 81 sup
81 pose it's all up. l see you know me.
= "Iou won't know yourself when W,
Is be done w'yc," said the foremost rui
fan.
II "Oh," exclaimed, 81 give mysel
10 up. l am tired Of hiding and intende
= to give up to the first policeman me,
- But you may as well have the rewar
10 among you suppose. 1t won't max
or any difference to me-"
or "What rewardy" cried another {
the gang.
ofI 1.-The G100. You know, of course
;s that am Brown, the murderer"
40 Now here was curious phase {
:, human nature. Up 10 that momeI
ia they had been pressing around nj
each waiting for the other to stril
first. But the moment l mention,
~ my name they fell back aghast, as
=. il would have been contamination
he touch me. And yet they were ther
of selves going TO make brutal assa,
nm that for all they knew would end
murder. Brown was not the name
80 the murderer that all London W
;o,, searching for at that time but Il
name will serve. He had been we
90 in hiding with the tolls getting clos
op opa and closer around him. He had be
t,a seen in every quarter of the metropol
sno an and many a man over his glass OF b,
~b, had told how he had passed him,
4r. Ia. ut hn nor
,be three rutiians consulted together to
nf moment. The startling announ
mt. ment l had made had sobered the
% ar,. The crime l had been guilty OF
ver. been one of particular atrocity.
eet. could see that the three had hal
;oe mind to ''cut for it" themselves.
be- "Will you go quietly with us to
= az station?' said the foremost ruffian.
mn Nv Certainly. Two Of you can t
Of my arm and the other fellow with
,bie stick. / couldn't get away if trie
,he They declined to touch me, but I
th;s walked on each side while the Ii
re a followed.
20 n 4
aVN. ~ - "This Is Brown. the murdere
nod said the foremost rufiian to the sle
,,oI,, Inspector at the station, which
reached after long walk.
10 "What ~ cried the functions
rner n as he sprang up, wide awake.
,ha two policemen who were sitting G
,ngb side bench jumped to their feet
II 20 slipped off my overcoat and stooi
i,bin the dingy station in all the dazz
20 70 glory of full evening dress. The
anv fans rubbed their eyes as it trans
was nation scene had taken place.
""' course man may be a murderer
here dress suit, but that is not the pop
ono conception of him.
tb.v The policeman looked at me and
that gan to laugh.
was There's the picture OF Brov
ence said the inspector, pointing to
= wall.
asses am not handsome, but did
ia ot in the least resemble Brown.
en,aj SNOW" said to my three ruff
81 am ever 80 much obliged for
Won escort. l feel safer here than d
INV that blind street. II you have no {
charge against me than the trivial
man of murder you had better go bef
II NV tell my story
nd Of They seemed to agree with me
shirt hastily left
In the Whole HideOus Oataiogt
sKed, Of diseases, there were none W
previous to the discovery OF Hoste